Linux4afrika: An Interview with the Founder
Linux4afrika has the objective of bridging the digital divide between the developed countries and the disadvantaged countries, especially in Africa, by supporting people getting access to information technology. In this interview with the founder Hans-Peter Merkel, we explore the idea, the support, and the future of this movement.
1. Who are the chief promoters of this movement?
FreiOSS (established in 2004) with currently about 300 members started the Linux4afrika project in 2006. The input was provided by some african trainees doing their internship at St. Ursula High school in Freiburg where we currently have 2 Terminal servers running. The asked FreiOSS to run similar projects in Africa.
What initiated this vision to bridge the IT gap between the developed and the under developed nations?
2. During 2002 to 2005 we conducted IT trainings on Open Source products during 3 InWEnt trainings “Information Technology in African business” (see http://www.it-ab.org) with 60 African trainees (20 each year). This made FreiOSS to move OSS out of the local area and include other countries, especially those countries we had participants from.
3. Can you briefly recount the history of this movement from the time it started to it's popularity till date?
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